Hauling-out system for scrapping vessels and apparatus for the same



July's 1924. 1,500,282

F. C. STAUFFEN HAULING OUT SYSTEM FOR SCRAPPING VESSELS AND APPARATUSFOR THE SAME Filed March 4 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEYFiederick C. Srauffcn.

Jul 8, 1924. 1 1,500,282

7 F. C. STAUFFEN HAULING OUT SYSTEM FOR SCRAPPING VESSELS AND APPARATUSFOR THE SAME Filed March 4, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 OUTSHORE ConrdQhipn/uys n A INSHORE INVENTOR Frederick C. +auFFcn.

ATTORNEY July 8 1924.

F. C. STAUFFEN HAULING OUT SYSTEM FOR SCRAPPING VESSELS AND APPARATUSFOR THE SAME Filed March 4, 1924 4 Sheets-fihet 3 INVENTOR fieden'ck C.fiaufien BY W 0 ATTORNEY F. C. STAUFFEN HAULING OUT SYSTEM FOR SCRAPPINGVESSELS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME Filed March 4, l924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4mxQsQ m m+mLucoo w PET INVENTOR Frederick Q SfauFFen ATTORNEY PatentedJuly 8,1924. a

UNITED STATES A ENT, OFFICE.

v .rn'nnnmcx q. smaUFrEN, or BALTHEORE, MARYLAND, As'sIeNoR To UNIoNsnre- Y BUILDING COMPANY, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

HAULING-OUT SYSTEM FOR SCBAPIPING VESSELS AND APPARATUS FOR THE]AppIicationifiled March 4, 1924. Serial No. 696,865.

To all whom it may concern: 1,

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C- STAUF- a screw spike very desirable. Inthe rail mm, a citizen of the United States, and a I resident of.Baltimore city, in the Statle of I Maryland, have invented a new andImproved Hauling-Out System for Scrapping Vessels and Apparatus for theSame, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is an improved system of cutting up vesselshulls,

1 especially that part; ordinarily below the water line. w

A further object of my invention is'an improved system of hauling avessel.

A further object of my invention is the providing an apparatus uponwhich my improved system may be practiced. t

A further object of my invention is the providing a simple, substantialand cheap method of hauling bodies outof the water.

A further object of my invention is an improved railway for haulingvessels.

With the foregoing and other. objects in view, my invention consists ofthe methods employed, combination and arrangements of systems, apparatusand means as hereinafter specifically provided and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings wherein is shownthe preferred embodiment of my invention, bht it is understood that changes, variations and modificationsmay be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereuntoappended. 1

Fig. 1 is a plan' view of my improved railway adapted for hauling avessel under my improved system of wrecking, and shows a vesselsbow onthe same. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionin elevation taken through 2'2 ofFig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of one set of rails and theroller operating thereon, and Fi 4 shows an inverted sec- I tion, dropweig t andrecoil absorber.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views. I

1 is a rail. I have found an ordinary T railroad rail of a hundred poundper yardweight suflicient for hauling of vessels of several thousandtons. 2 is a separator spacing rails 1 apart a desired pre-determined r.amount and through which securing bolts 3 pass, which bolts secure rails1 together. Rails 1 are supported upon timber sub-struc ture 4, whichstructure rests on concrete foundation, piles or other proper support;

position by through the same 10.

rails 1- being spiked in the usual way or eld .by some suitable means. Ihave found ing the roller in line. Through the roller is a pin 8 whichsecures spacers 9, which spacers are held in pre-determined relativespacer separator and bolt I have found in practice'that rolls adapted tohaul a vessel as above described function properly when, the enlargedportion thereof on, a center line is 9 inches; the roller 5,

being 4% inches diameter, and the rollers spaced about 1 ft. apartalong-the spacer.

At the head of the railway I provide a hoisting or winding apparatus 11,in the instance described, of over a hundred tons deadweight liftingcapacity, this operating to haul the vessel by means of and 13.

The general construction of the railway resembles somewhat the ordinaryconstruction in that the rails extend beneath the waterto a sufficientdepth to float the floatcradle being eliminated. The hull after beinghauled out is cut up into sectionsconvenient for handling when to beloaded into gondola cars, say 40 feet long, and of desirable width.These sections are then lifted by crane 15 andilaid over on the groundinverted, one of these sections being shown .as 16, and a heavy weight17 is lifted bv keeper 20 and -trip-dog 21. 22 is a recoil absorber.

' The' operation of my process and invenblocks 12 ling body 14 on to therollers, the ordinary just above the water line of the then flotation byburning holes, or otherwise, and securing to the stem. The vessel isthen hauled out travelling about three times as fast as the rollers,using the dimensions of rollers above suggested; suflicient rollers andspacers being provided to accommodate the vvessel to be hauled. Theforward portion-of the vessel being sharp bears more I strongly on theinside edge of the curved roller when coming in contact ,with therollers, while the flat, or bilge portion, bears more strongly on theoutside edge after the vessel becomes fully grounded on the rollers.After the vessel is hauled out she is cut up and treated as describedabove by any well known means, such as an acetylene torch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. An apparatus for drawing bodies out of thewater,'consist1ng of an inclined way, tracks thereon, and a series ofconnected and spaced rollers traveling floating I thereon upon whichrollers the floating body FREDERICK C. STAUFFEN. Witnesses:

WALTER R. HEATH, CHAs. L. HU'romNs, Jr.

